Day 9: Prague to Budapest

Day 9: Prague to Budapest

We managed to wake up relatively early today and were packed and fed by 9 o'clock. We then chilled in the lovely Advantage hostel lounge for a couple of hours and used their free Internet to plan our route a bit more and to book some further accommodation. Last night we also confirmed dates with the two friends that we'll be staying with. We are a very excited to see Zoe in Switzerland and David in Italy and explore their beautiful countries with a couple of locals!

But for now, goodbye Czech Repubic, we are heading to Hungary!!

After we checked out of the hostel we had a wonderful stroll through a local park (Riegrovysady) as we headed to the train station. We grabbed some food for the train and had lunch at a European classic ;)

(Last nights dinner was a bit expensive so today we're allowed to be cheapskates!!!)

After fighting with a cash machine at the train station trying to figure out this new money we finally made it to the LOVELY Aventua boutique hostel in Budapest at about half nine. We were totally pooped. We showered and updated our blog and fell asleep! Early start tomorrow :)

Xx F

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